Starnes v. Roumain
Louisiana Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the Court
LE BLANC, Judge.
On February 6, 1925, Ben Roumain executed a series of six promissory notes, each being for "the sum of $500, and at the same time granted a mortgage on certain lots of ground situated in what is known as Fuqua and Lamon town in the parish of East Baton Rouge, in order to secure payment of the same. Four of these notes were, in due course, acquired by Mrs. Byrne Starnes, and in March, 1933, they being all yet unpaid, she obtained an order of executory process under which the property mortgaged was seized and sold, and at the sale adjudicated to her for the court costs incurred…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Butler v. ClarkeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1892
- Leonard v. BrooksSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1925